400 Fort Bliss soldiers, 24 helicopters set for Europe
About 400 soldiers from Fort Bliss’ 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment will deploy to Europe in February, post officials announced Tuesday.
The soldiers and about 24 AH-64 Apache helicopters will go to Europe for a nine-month deployment in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. This is an ongoing mission to show support to NATO and other European partner nations and to train with them.
The 1-501st will take part in joint training exercises while in Europe and will support aviation operations throughout Europe, officials with Fort Bliss’ Combat Aviation Brigade said.
They will be working on a concept known as interoperability — the ability to work, communicate and fight together — and strengthen relationships with European partner nations, officials said.
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